What router comes with plusnet?
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Help with my Plusnet services
- :
- Broadband
- :
- Re: What router comes with plusnet?
What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 5:18 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
and how do I get one?, I didn't ask for one when I first joined
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 5:20 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Hope that helps.
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 6:27 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
There are a lot of bad reviews for that particular router at Amazon - refer http://www.amazon.co.uk/Technicolour-TG582n-Port-Wireless-Router/dp/B005ELFTH4 - should I instead buy a decent one?
For example PC Pro magazine suggests the Asus RT-N56U and Amazon's reviews of that are pretty good - http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-RT-N56U-Wireless-Hardware-streaming/dp/B004TPWRSK/ref=sr_1_1?s=computer...
... but then I'd be paying about £74 more than having a Plusnet one.
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 6:42 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Firmware updates are very easy to install. I highly recommend this router.
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 6:59 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 8:06 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
had it for a while beofre i updated to the ac66u the other day.
might be worth going for the ac though if you intend to use the ac wireless when it starts to kick in.
also the 1gig wan port will future proof it even further.
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 9:23 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 9:26 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
08-01-2013 10:28 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Are you needing a modem/router or a router? In other words are you on ADSL(2+) or Fibre?
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
09-01-2013 12:36 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
09-01-2013 11:51 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
When are PlusNet likely to supply a VDSL (fibre) modem router like they do for ADSL (broadband)?
I don't want two devices (modem and router) sitting next to each other using two power sockets, nor do I want to buy one and bin the one supplied.
There would be no need for an engineer to visit if they supplied a modem router.
I'm not likely to switch to fibre until I get supplied with a modem router.
Thanks,
Doug
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
09-01-2013 2:06 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: DougChandler When are PlusNet likely to supply a VDSL (fibre) modem router like they do for ADSL (broadband)?
If/when the product becomes self install. ADSL was similar in it's early days in that installations were carried out by BT engineers.
Quote from: DougChandler There would be no need for an engineer to visit if they supplied a modem router.
You'd need to sort the filtering out yourself. Openreach engineers install a fitted faceplate as well as supplying the VDSL modem.
Bob Pullen
Plusnet Product Team
If I've been helpful then please give thanks ⤵
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
09-01-2013 2:16 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
from what ive been reading they are set to handle 40mb download and 10mb upload.....with capabilities to handle faster speeds.
now i upgraded to the faster speeds and my gameing has become worse than when i was on the 40mb service.
bops2 and fifa are clearly worse.
could it be that this modem isnt set proeprly to handle the higher speeds???
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
09-01-2013 2:17 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: DougChandler Hi,
When are PlusNet likely to supply a VDSL (fibre) modem router like they do for ADSL (broadband)?
I don't want two devices (modem and router) sitting next to each other using two power sockets, nor do I want to buy one and bin the one supplied.
There would be no need for an engineer to visit if they supplied a modem router.
I'm not likely to switch to fibre until I get supplied with a modem router.
I think it's technically a requirement somewhere to use the BT supplied router, although obviously some people don't. It might be significant if you ever had to report a fault though.
You're probably better off getting fibre when it does require an engineer visit - that means you get an engineer visit, a proper BT faceplate, potentially a free master socket move if necessary/requested/BT guy is in a good mood, a checkup of your internal wiring, and (sometimes?) they also do a line test to confirm you're going to get something close to the predicted speed.
Re: What router comes with plusnet?
09-01-2013 3:00 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: flaminmoses could it be that this modem isnt set proeprly to handle the higher speeds???
Doubt it. I'm running 80Mbps down and 20Mbps up using the same modem on one of my lines.
Quote from: JosephH I think it's technically a requirement somewhere to use the BT supplied router, although obviously some people don't. It might be significant if you ever had to report a fault though.
Just keep the modem to hand so you can swap it back in if necessary. My other line has a Technicolor TG799vn v2 on the end of it.
Bob Pullen
Plusnet Product Team
If I've been helpful then please give thanks ⤵
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Help with my Plusnet services
- :
- Broadband
- :
- Re: What router comes with plusnet?